Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
Enduring lessons for leaders of any era
Utopia is Thomas More's seminal work describing the classic idea of a "people's commonwealth." Considered an important work for anyone holding or aspiring to a leadership role, this story set the bar for a broad range fields, providing the societal model for both real and fictional settings. Although written in 1516 during the Reformation, its lessons retain great value today -- while the word "utopia" itself has become a shorthand for "unrealistic," the actual framework described in the book presents a far more practical vision.
Table of Contents
Foreword
Preface
Part 1 Introduction: More's Utopia in Historical Perspective 1
Texts 3
Contexts 26
Developments 51
Part 2 Utopia 81
Letter from Peter Giles to Hierome Buslide 202
A Meter of Four Verses 205
A Short Meter of Utopia 206
Gerard Noviomage of Utopia 206
Cornelius Graphey to the Reader 207
The Printer to the Reader 207
Ralph Robynson's Dedicatory Letter to William Cecil 209
Selected Bibliography 213
Index 225